Ben C Patron

Formerly CinemaConnection1. Still a person who has a connection to cinema from time to time.

Favorite films

  • Jaws
  • Sherlock Jr.
  • To Be or Not to Be
  • The Ox-Bow Incident

All
  • The Life of Chuck

    ★★★★

  • Dangerous Animals

    ★★★½

  • Ballerina

    ★★★

  • I Could Never Be Your Woman

    ★½

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The Life of Chuck

2024

★★★★ Watched

You’ll either go with the sincerity or you won’t. It worked for me. It has a lot of Big Fish, Interstellar, and some good dance. Actually wait: Dan Fogelman’s Life Itself? No? Well if you do, this is like if that was good.

Dangerous Animals

2025

★★★½ Watched

I know he’s a very bad man but you have to respect how much the dude loves sharks and vintage camcorders.

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Beau Is Afraid

2023

★★★★½ 2

So here’s a story:

Today I went to the Brooklyn Alamo Drafthouse to attend what I had been told was a screening of the Midsommar Director’s Cut followed by a Q&A with Ari Aster. Before the screening began, Aster came out and said “You may have guessed something is up. You’re not going to see Midsommar. You’re going to watch The Strange Thing About the Johnsons 3 times.” He then brought out Joaquin Phoenix and, April Fools, told us what…

Barney's Great Adventure

1998

Rewatched

Look I'm not saying I expect a Criterion I'm just saying I'm hoping for one.